"The Little Prince" by Antoine de Saint Exupery

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Tuesday 3.4 - Aim: Why do people reminisce about the childhood?
Author study - students make text-to-text connections about how the experience of war makes people reminisce about the childhood.
Art - students look for symbolism in the illustrations.

Wednesday 3.5 - Aim: What is a Point of View?
Grammar: Personal pronouns
Literary focus - Point of View - Who is telling the story?
Reading Focus: finding the answers and deeper meaning in a children's book:

1. Who is telling the story?
2. Is it reminiscence? Why?
3. Why doesn't he trust the adults?
4. What does the narrator mean when he says that he would bring himself down to their level?

Thurday/Friday: How do I make a written response to literature?
Students learn to reflect and respond to the passages/chapters they read. This includes:

• making connections to themselves, other texts, and the world around them;
• thinking about the narrator and his/her reasons to provide the reader with certain information;
• looking for main idea and key concepts, as well as themes;
• enjoying the reading and reflecting upon favorite passages.

Teachers read aloud chapters IV and V and model their written responses.
Pre-reading activity: The Little Prince said, "Straight ahead of him, nobody can go very far." What does he mean?

Tuesday 3.11 - Aim: What are the elements of a fairy tale?
Students read on to recognize the elements of fairy tale vs. real life THEMES.

Wednesday 3.12 - Aim: How does Guided Reading Aid my Comprehension?
Copy the questions for chapters 6, 7, and 8, and answer them as you read. Be sure to look over the questions for each chapter before you start reading.
Literary Focus: symbolism, finding universal themes, paraphrasing, and interpretation within the context.
Reading Strategies Focus: question-guided reading, making inference, making connections (all previously taught)
Writing Strategies: personal response, restating the question, use of quotes, making general statements and/or specific textual references.

Chapter VI

1. How does the Little Prince manage to see so many sunsets?
2. Why is the narrator saying that the Little Prince's life is sad?

Chapter VII

1. Before You Read: Why do flowers have thorns?
2. While You Read: What types of things do adults consider "matter of consequence"?
3. Why does the Little Prince become so angry with the narrator?
4. How does the narrator try to calm the child down?

Chapter VIII

1. Explain the phrase "miraculous apparition".
2. Why is the flower called she, not it?
3. How does the flower "torment [the Little Prince] with vanity"?
4. What does this flower symbolize?

Thursday 3.13 - Aim: How do I question the text?
Students come up with at least four questions for each chapter (9, 10, 11).
Reading Focus: Questioning the text extends the meaning.
Literary Elements: questioning the use of elements makes the student review them.

Friday 3.14 - Aim: What do the adults of the Little Prince have in common?
Students will come up with various themes as a lead in to Tuesday's lesson.

Tuesday 3.18 - Aim: How can we understand THEME by looking at the characters of the Little Prince?

Chapter 15 questions:

• What is theme?
• What does the book say about life or human nature?
• What was the theme of some of the things we have read?
• Is there more than one theme?
• What is the author's view of society?

Summary: create a character inspired by the Little Prince that exhibits a certain trait. Either draw hikm or her or write an entry on your blog describing the character and the planet he or she lives on.

Wednesday/Thursday - Students review theme, main idea. Independent reading chapters 17 - end. Writing: choose to do a book report or a personal narrative based on the theme from the second part of the book.